I was having an issue powering on the NUC using the power button on top so following information on XBMC forum I removed the CMOS battery for 10 minutes to let the BIOS completely reset to defaults. This actually worked and now I can power on the NUC using the button on the top.
However, what has happened now is that the NUC will no long power on by using my MCE remote. The NUC would power on by my MCE remote just fine before I reset the CMOS. I cannot state clearly enough that is the only change I made.. resetting the CMOS. The MCE remote and OS are configured exactly as they were before.
I've loaded BIOS defaults and rebooted the system. I am using Linux.
The solution to this problem has been that I install Windows along with the MCE remote driver so that the MCE port get's reinitialized. This is quite frankly a really painful solution. I do not have a CD drive for a start.
I believe this is an issue with the BIOS 0025. CIR is enabled. My remote works just fine (Harmony One Plus).
Please have your engineers look into the issue. The issue can be very easily replicated, just clear the CMOS by removing the battery then try turning on the system using a MCE remote. Do not let Windows boot as that might fix the issue.
Here is the thread referencing the issue:
OpenELEC Mediacenter - OpenELEC Forum - Topic: Fixing Intel NUC's! Please help... (2/2)